NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF WILD RAINDEER OFFAL

It is known that energy consumption increases by 15 % for people working in the Far North, and they require proteins, fats and carbohydrates proportionally. By-products are high-protein raw materials. Nutrition plays important role of in the formation of physiological reserves, contributing to adaptation to the extreme conditions of the North. So, the research purpose was to study the total antioxidant content and analyze the nutritional value of offal from wild raindeer of the Lena-Olenek winter population of the Muna River basin. The conducted research showed that raindeer by-products have high content of protein, lipids, essential amino acids, B vitamins and biologically active substances with antioxidant properties, which indicates the high nutritional value of wild raindeer by-products and it is promising to create technologies and recipes of meat products with high consumer characteristics on the basis of by-product raw materials.